Ishkashimi

E372341

Ishkashimi is a lesser-known Eastern Iranian language spoken by small communities in parts of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ishkashimi canonical 6
Sanglechi-Ishkashimi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language
Iranian language
endangered language
basicWordOrder subject–object–verb
closelyRelatedTo Munji
Sanglechi
Shughni
countryStatusInAfghanistan minority language
countryStatusInTajikistan minority language
documentationStatus limited descriptive work
dominantContactLanguage Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language

Russian
Tajik
linked to: Tajik language
endangermentCause language shift to Tajik and Dari
ethnicGroup Ishkashimi people
hasCaseSystem yes
hasDialect Afghan Ishkashimi
Tajik Ishkashimi
linked to: Afghan Ishkashimi
hasGrammaticalGender yes
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Russian
hasNounInflection yes
hasVerbInflection yes
ISO639-3Code isk
languageBranch Indo-Iranian
languageFamily Eastern Iranian
Indo-European
languageShiftTowards Tajik
linked to: Tajik language
linguisticArea Central Asian Sprachbund
morphologicalType fusional
notUsedInDomain formal education
mass media
official administration
numberOfSpeakersEstimate a few thousand
regionType Pamir region
spokenIn Afghanistan
Tajikistan
spokenInRegion Badakhshan
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
linked to: Badakhshan

Ishkashim District
status severely endangered
subfamily Pamir languages
UNESCOEndangermentCategory severely endangered (approximate)
usedInDomain home and community communication
writingSystem no widely standardized writing system

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.